Wire fastening device



Nav. 26, 19. y B. A. FREDELL.

I WIRE FASTENING DEVICE Filed Nv. 10, 1959 rigmrzazz' 1 A. v- Tar/vs Y Patented Nov. 26, 1940 2,223,101

UNITED, STATES 2,223,101 WrnsFAs'rEmNe Davies Brcr August Fredell, San Jose, Calif. Application November 10, 1939, Serial No. 303,799 2 Claims. (c1. 140-45) In the construction of wire fences it is common disposed in angular relation to arcuate portion practice to erect spaced metal posts along the 8 and in opposed relation to end 9. fence line, and then fasten the vertically spaced The entire wire is formed to lie in a single horizontal Wires to these posts. Each horizontal plane. In the process of applying it the end 9 wire is secured to each post by means of a short is hooked over edge Illa of the post l2, the arcu- 5 piece of wire hooked on to the post, passed around ate portion 8 is passed over the fence wire l3 the fence wire, and then hammered into locking crossing the front of the post, and the end II engagement with the post, in a manner hereintakes the position shown in solid lines in Figure rant orrl cs after more particularly set forth. 1, extending a distance beyond the rear edge of 10 This method of securing the fence wire in place the post I2. 10 is a laborious and time-consuming one, and it As hereinbefore stated it has heretofore been is difiicult to perform the operation without the custom to hammer this rearwardly projectpuncturing, scratching, or otherwise injuring ing end of the wire around the rear edge of the ones hands when barbed wire is used as in prac-' post until it assumed the position shown in dotted l5 tically all cases. lines at I4, in which final position the wire forms It is, therefore, one object of the invention to a secure clamp for the fence wire I3, but I have provide a tool so constructed and arranged that so formed the jaws 5 and 6 of the tool shown it may be used to apply the wire fastening above that the same result may be more easily and referred to and remove the necessity of bringing quickly obtained without the use of a hammer the hands into dangerous contact with the barbed or other tool or implement. 20 wire. In accordance with my invention the lower It is another object of the invention to provide jaw 5 of the tool terminates in an inwardly dia tool of the character indicated constructed and rected portion I5 and has a groove 16 formed in arranged to hold and manipulate the same form the center of its inner edge and extending of wire fastening now commonly in use. throughout the length thereof. The inner edge 25 Finally, it is an object of the invention to pro- I'I conforms to the curvature of the wire and vide a tool of the character indicated that will consequently the groove I6 forms a seat for the secure the fastening in position with but little portions 8 and 9 of the wire. effort upon the part of the operator, that will be The jaw 6 s so ew at longer t a law 5 and simple in form and construction, economical to terminates in a head I8 that is directed toward 30 manufacture, strong, durable, and highly enijaw 5 and forms an acute angle with the body cient in its practical application. of the jaw as at I9. Formed in the end of head In the drawing: I8 is a notch 20, this notch being disposed to lie Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tool embodyin the plane of the groove It so that when a 3:; ing my invention, in operative relation to a fence wire I is seated in groove It the end II will seat post, a wire thereon, and a fastening therefor, in the notch 20 as shown. parts being broken away. Extending crosswise of the head I8 on the inner Figure 2 is a front elevation of a fence post side thereof, and immediately back of the notch with one wire and its fastening thereon, part 20, is formed a boss 2|. The several parts of the broken away. tool are so proportioned that when it is in posi- 40 Figure 3 is a sectional view through the tool, tion as shown in Figure 1 and the jaw 6 advanced on line 3-3 of Figure 1. toward jaw 5 the boss 2| will pass over the rear Figure 4 is a section on line d-4 of Figure 3. edge of the post I2 with just suflicient clearance Figure 5 is a view on line 5-5 of Figure 1. to permit the wire I to lie between. 5 The tool comprises a pair of crossed handle In using the tool, the wire 'I having been premembers I and 2 with a pivotal connection at 3 viously formed as shown in solid lines in' Figure and having a spring inserted between-them as 1, the said wire is seated in groove I6 as deat 4 to urge them apart. The two handles termiscribed with its straight end seated in notch 20. nate in jaws as 5 and 6, and in that broad aspect The fence wire I3 is placed across the face of form apair of pliers of the well-known type. post I2, and then the jaw 5 with the wire I 50 The wire most commonly used as a fastener is seated therein is hooked over one edge ID of the formed as shown at I. It has an arcuate porpost on one side of the fence wire I3, the other tion 8 adjacent one end 9, which end is turned jaw 6 extending rearwardly of the post on the back upon itself to form a hook Ill, the other other side of the fence wire I3. When so placed end II being considerably longer than end 9 and the angle 22 in wire 1 formed by the two por- 55 tions 8 and H seats against the edge 23 of the post, consequently when the handles I and 2 are compressed and the jaw 6 advanced relative to jaw 5 the straight portion of the wire H is bent in the same direction until it strikes the post at 24. In continuingthe movement of jaw 6 the wire is forced to bend over the rear edge of the post through the position 25 to its final clamping position as 14.

Although but one specific embodiment of the invention has been herein illustrated and described, it will be understood that various alterations in the details of construction and mode of v assembly may be made without departing from the scope of the invention as indicated in the and a straight angularly directed shank formed on the other end comprising, a pair of pliers having one jaw formed into a hook-shaped end portion having a groove formed therein to extend through the length of its inner side to form a seat for the hooked portion of the wire, the other jaw being longer and terminating in a head portion directed toward the end of the first jaw and disposed at an acute angle to its body portion, and having a terminal notch formed therein in opposed relation to the groove in the first jaw and disposed to form a seat for the free end of the straight portion of the wire.

2. The device set forth in claim 1 wherein the longer jaw has a raised portion formed on the inner side of its head portion at the base of the terminal notch.

BROR AUGUST FREDELL. 

